The Movie Musicals' Once-Unsung Heroine

By

Joanne Kaufman

Updated Oct. 11, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

More than 200 people, an overflow crowd, showed up last month at the West 66th Street Barnes & Noble events space to see Marnie Nixon sing. True, pretty much all those in attendance, and millions more, have heard Ms. Nixon sing plenty over the years. But getting the video portion in tandem with the audio -- in this case, "To Love and Be Loved," the theme from the movie "Some Came Running," and a medley from "My Fair Lady" -- well, this was pretty big stuff.